Dual Kamas or Barehanded?

[AylinIsAwesome]

I'm gonna come right out and say, I like killing stuff.

A lot.



Now, in my plan for my monk (which aims for GM in Wind and Water, being mostly DEX-based [Water is for better saves when needed]) I was originally planning on just going barehanded the whole time.


But I was also wondering if it would be better to use dual kamas and shoot for GTWF.


(If TWF affects unarmed, that'd be awesome to know too).


Thank you.

[Soulken]

Get GTWF and use handwraps whenever possible you can find a variety of many nice ones, and later if you get the TOD you can get rings that will enhance your unarmed damage. Yes TWF works with unarmed.

[Letrii]

It is a good idea to keep a set of kamas for things like zombies that need slashing to beat the DR.

[sephiroth1084]

Not only does GTWF work with unarmed attacks, but you don't suffer the -2 penalty when doing so, and you apply your full Str bonus to damage on your off-hand. Couple this with the large die you end up with on your unarmed attacks, and you can see why this would be a better option DPS-wise.

The nice thing, though, is that there's nothing stopping you from having both! Grab some kamas that have abilities that you can't get on handwraps, such as: Vorpal or (Weakening of) Enfeebling. And keep a set around to deal with monsters that have DR/slashing.

[Letrii]

Remember though, things that specifically require using two weapons, such as TWD, do not work with handwraps.

[sephiroth1084]

Remember though, things that specifically require using two weapons, such as TWD, do not work with handwraps.

And Tempest.

[Letrii]

What is Tempest?

[daiceman]

It is an enhancement line from the Ranger class.

[sephiroth1084]

What is Tempest?

A prestige enhancement line for the Ranger class that improves TWF abilities (10% TWF attack speed, some AC, and an extra attack in your TWF attack chain over the 3 levels of the enhancement from 6-18).

It likely wouldn't come up here, but it's always good to make sure all the facts are known--there are people who splashed 6 Ranger on a handwraps monk only to discover that they weren't gaining the attack speed increase. Not a complete waste, as switching focus to kamas is easy enough, but annoying nonetheless.